1.

The rain has stopped. An hour ago, the rainstorm came suddenly, and the huge raindrops hit the windows like cannons, and the loud sound lasted for a long time like a frightening bell. Zhong Xian once breathed a sigh of relief, perhaps this could be a good reason not to go out.

However, no matter how unwilling you are, there are some things that must be done.

The green spaces of Honghu Park are wet, the sky after the rain is still covered with thin silky clouds, the air smells of hot and humid leaves, and the armrests of metal benches beside the stone pavement are covered with water droplets. After waiting for more than twenty minutes, Zhong Xian saw the man, holding a lattice umbrella on the other side of the green space. Zhong Xian beckoned to him. It was a tall young man, his skin a little tanned by the July sun, and he carried a large paper bag with the logo of a certain clothing brand printed on it.

"Dake, here." Zhong Xian stood up from the bench, his left hand in his trouser pocket, and his right hand shook a few times like a beckoning cat.

Dake walked over quickly, began to look at the bell strings from a distance, and muttered in his mouth: "Hey, Zhong, you look pretty good, you don't look like you've walked through the grave, hehe, ha......" He spoke with the characteristics of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and spoke quickly. He walked over in a few steps, put the bag on the metal bench, and gasped loudly with some exaggerated exaggeration, as if the run had just ended. Zhong Xian picked up the bag and opened it to see.

"It's a lot better." Dake asked.

"I can't die." Zhong Xian replied rummaging through the bag. The bag contained some scattered office supplies, two pens, a small book, glasses, sticky notes, sketchbooks, a book on sales psychology, and some materials sandwiched in transparent folders.

"How many A4 sheets of paper are there, not here? At the top of the first floor of my desk drawer...... "Bell string gestures with one hand."

Dake stared at a pair of small eyes with single eyelids, and nodded: "Ah, I saw it, I thought it was waste paper." ”

"Then I'll have to trouble you......"

"Gee, you're not going to let me run again. It's just a few pieces of paper, and it looks like there's only a line drawn on it, so I thought it was useless...... I threw it. ”

"Where did you throw it?"

"It's paper."

Zhong Xian closed the bag, "That...... It's good. Never mind. ”

"Is it really something important?" Dake tried to laugh.

Zhong Xian smiled and explained, "That's how I am. I can't just throw away anything I've handled, I have to give it a result......"

"I know, I know!" Dake interrupted him: "How could I not know you? But it really seems like there are just a few lines on the paper......"

"Yes...... It's best if you think so. ”

"You are getting more and more ......" Speaking of this, Dake suddenly remembered something, and immediately became energetic, "By the way, there is something." It's weird. Do you remember Xiao Zhu? The one who always loves to brag when he speaks. ”

Zhong Xian folded the mouth of the bag down and folded it down, and nodded. Xiao Zhu is a former colleague, and Zhong Xian's memory of him is very vague, but he still remembers that he is a thin and small guy. The broad line of Dake would remember such an inconspicuous person.

"He's been out of the company for a long time." Dake pondered and said, "But what's interesting is that there are police officers who come to the company today to investigate, guess what?" It turned out that he was missing. There has been no news of him at home for half a year. ”

2.

After saying goodbye to Dake, Zhong Xian did not go home directly. On the days of work, I look forward to finishing work early every day. And now, I don't want to go home. There is no destination either, wandering around. until the legs were filled with lead. In the middle, I received a few phone calls, two to promote real estate, one to promote insurance, one to congratulate him on winning a prize, and the other two didn't hear what was being promoted. I don't know what's going on in society now, but it's as if everyone has been driven crazy by life.

Maybe I should change my number, Zhong Xian thought to himself.

As soon as I got home, the phone rang again, and I noticed that the number had been called three times.

Zhong Xian sighed lightly and answered, and said directly: "I'm a policeman." Don't ...... just yet."

Zhong Xian was stunned. Finally, he didn't hang up the phone again.

At noon the next day, Shennan Avenue got on the car and went back and forth, in the KFC next to SZ Book City, there were suddenly more people at noon, and there was a queue in front of the ordering table, Zhong Xian sat near the door, and kept twisting his head to stare at the billboard above the dining table, and the special lunch was only 15 yuan, which looked very cost-effective. He never ate it.

"Zhong Sheng?"

Zhong Xian heard a somewhat lazy voice. He didn't react for a moment.

"You're Mr. Zhongxian, aren't you?" The voice asked again.

Zhong Xian turned his head and saw a man standing at the dining table, but on a hot day, he was wearing a bright gray suit with a lot of value, thin and tall, white and clean, if it weren't for the sharpness and maturity of his eyes, he would really think that he was a hairy boy who had just graduated from college. Zhong Xian was stunned and stunned, the person he was waiting for should be wearing a police uniform, right? "You're the one who called last night...... That Officer Zheng? ”

The man in the suit said in a straight voice: "My surname is Deng." ”

"Hello, hello. Is it Deng? I'm sorry, I don't have a good memory. Zhong Xian said hurriedly. My brain has been a mess lately. He said as he moved a seat inside, trying to sit Officer Deng.

The tables in the dining room were almost full, and although no one was making a lot of noise, it was still full of people. Officer Deng didn't sit down, he looked around, "Let's talk in another place." ”

Zhong Xian didn't want to move, he smiled and said, "I plan to go to the book city after we talk." I'm actually not familiar with Xiao Zhu, and I don't even think I can provide you with any clues. ”

Officer Deng had to sit down, because he was taller, his body was on the small round stool of KFC, and he looked a little incongruous: "First of all, thank you for your cooperation." Officer Deng briefly introduced the basic situation of the case: Xiao Zhu's parents reported to the police Yunyun without news of Xiao Zhu for half a year, and then suddenly asked Zhong Xian: "Mr. Li said that Xiao Zhu used to be your assistant. ”

Lee is always the boss of Zhong Xian, but it's in the past, and he doesn't have to worry about anything anymore. "Absolutely not." He replied categorically. Because the two were sitting side by side, he tried to turn around to face Officer Deng's gaze, "I worked as a marketing director and assistant general manager in that company. You can tell from this position how irregular the company is. Lee was always a man with a mouth full of trains. Xiao Zhu has almost no intersection with me at work. ”

"I've also got confirmation from your company's customers." Officer Deng said unhurriedly.

"How so?" Zhong Xian was provoked out of the state of counterattack, and his heartbeat unconsciously accelerated. He immediately hid it with a smile. "As a marketing executive, a lot of clients end up meeting with me, and they may just be impressed by me, but ......"

Officer Deng looked at Zhong Xian: "They said that maybe you can provide some deeper information." By the way, you're from the north. Where are you from? ”

Zhong Xian replied: "I am from the north, and there are really few things I can think of about Xiao Zhu." ”

Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Zhong Xian changed to an enthusiastic tone and said, "Let's order a drink first, I'll please." ”

"I don't drink anything. It won't take up much of your time either. ”

"Go ahead and ask. When did Xiao Zhu disappear? ”

"The exact time is not yet known. When was the last time you saw him? ”

Zhong Xian turned his gaze to the table: "I have to think about it, it's been a long time." And my brain lately...... I only found out about his departure later, because I basically can't get in touch with him at work, and the last meeting may just be a greeting in the office one day. Then I heard that he had left. ”

"Do you remember when he left?"

"It's been more than half a year. He must have left before the Chinese New Year, whether it was December or November. ”

"What was wrong with him?"

"Nope. I can't see it, because it's not familiar. "There was a little incident, probably at that time, when he was in the office and commented loudly about a colleague who borrowed money from him and he didn't. He felt that his colleague had a problem with his character, and he would borrow money without getting it back. The reason why I remember this incident is that my colleague also borrowed money from me, and because Xiao Zhu usually speaks little, but he talked a lot that day with high emotions and excitement. However, this could not be the reason for his disappearance. It's just a little thing I remember about him. ”

"Who's that colleague? He who borrowed money from you. ”

"European Airlines. A local also left after Xiao Zhu. ”

"Are you a Shenzhen native?"

"No, when I say locals, I mean Cantonese people. Shenzhen locals won't be so poor. Zhong Xian smiled.

"So he borrowed money from each of you?"

"I don't know about this, I can only be sure that he borrowed money from me, and Xiao Zhu was also borrowed." Zhong Xian said more seriously.

"Do you ......have that colleague's phone number for European Airlines?"

"I'll look for it." Zhong Xian took out his phone and found it in his address book. "I'll send it to you from WeChat."

Officer Deng also pulled out his mobile phone. They scanned each other's WeChat codes.

Zhong Xian noticed that Officer Deng's WeChat avatar was a chrysanthemum, old-fashioned.

"He has two cell phone numbers?" Officer Deng stared at the WeChat message sent by Zhong Xian.

Zhong Xian explained: "One of them is the number given to him by the company, and when he leaves, the company should have stopped. The company has to send a company's mobile phone to use after the newcomer joins the company, just in case the resignation will take away the customer. The other is his own number, I don't know if he changed it later. ”

Officer Deng nodded. Zhong Xian thought he might go to European Airlines soon.

"Are you familiar with this European Airlines?" Officer Deng asked.

Zhong Xian shook his head: "Not familiar." However, I have more contact than Xiao Zhu, and I have done a project together at work. There is no contact in life. ”

"You seem to be keeping your distance from your colleagues." Officer Deng said.

Zhong Xian thought of Dake, the big grinning guy, but he still smiled and nodded: "I am such a character." ”

At this moment, Zhong Xian suddenly remembered that Dake had been relatively close to Xiao Zhu, and he had completely forgotten about it.

The time when Dake and Xiaozhu had eaten, drank, and gotten along like friends together should have been two years ago. Officer Deng would have heard about it from an old colleague in the company, but he didn't go to Dake, so why did he look for me first?

"I have a question," Zhong Xian asked Officer Deng, "how do you think he's missing?" ”

Officer Deng didn't answer immediately, he stared at Zhong Xian, and a smile gradually appeared in his eyes. Said slowly: "He has been missing for half a year. None of the calls were made to my home. I said that earlier. ”

Zhong Xian smiled and said, "Is it just because I didn't call my parents?" Have your police counted how often these people who work in SZ talk to their families on the phone, and one of my colleagues who I know never takes the initiative to call and hasn't been home for three years. It's not that he's unfilial, it's ......"

Officer Deng interrupted him: "If the mobile phone number also becomes empty......"

"Maybe he changed his number."

"And I've always been in the habit of talking to my parents on the phone every month."

"Maybe it's something else. Maybe I don't want to be disturbed by anyone, so I want to travel quietly or be alone, I am the one who prefers to be alone; Of course, it is also possible to be controlled by a pyramid scheme organization or something. ”

"His mother thinks something happened to him."

"Moms are always overly worried."

She dreamed that he was mixed with blood. She firmly believes that it is her son's soul that is asking for help. ”

Zhong Xian's eyes widened.

Officer Deng adjusted his body in his chair, apparently uncomfortable with his KFC seat. "Is there anything else you can offer me?"

Zhong Xian shook his head: "I really can't think of it." If you think of anything in the future, I have your WeChat. ”

Officer Deng put one hand on his chin and stared at Zhong Xian contemplatively: "I thought you were familiar from the beginning. ”

"Really?" Zhong Xian also stared at Officer Deng. However, he was sure that he had never seen Officer Deng before, otherwise, even if it was only one eye, he would remember.

"You're like an actor, you can't name it." Police Officer Deng said slowly.

Zhong Xian laughed: "Someone has said this before, it was when I was a student. ”

Officer Deng stood up and held out his hand to him, "Thank you." This is not a formal survey. If you need it in the future, you may need to do the formal procedures to cooperate with me. ”

"It's all right." It was only then that Zhong Xian found a little bit of a conversation with the police. "You can always come to me."

When they said goodbye, it was the most crowded lunch time in KFC, and perhaps that was what made the officer end the conversation in a hurry, Zhong thought to himself.

He wandered around the second floor of the book city alone, turning round and round, unable to concentrate on any single book. Officer Deng's eyes were always clear and sharp, and when they looked at each other, there was a force that made him nervous and incoherent.